Mail Archives: opendos/2003/12/01/19:13:46
Hi Ben,
Hey, you're right. I'd never noticed these "recycled" directories
on the other drive partitions before. They all seem to hold just
a small hidden file called "desktop.ini" - strange. Actually, now
that I think about it, I think I configured W95 to _not_ save
stuff in the "recycle bin", when I installed it. Perhaps that's an
option to minimize the potential for LFN contamination, although
I don't think LFN entries would be created when a non-LFN
file is deleted, anyway.
Joe.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben A L Jemmett [SMTP:ben DOT jemmett AT ukonline DOT co DOT uk]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 1:37 AM
> To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
> Subject: Re: several technical problems [memory]
>
> > Well, if you configure a different drive/partition to hold the
> > "Recycle Bin", it is safe to delete stuff from Windoze.
>
> I'm afraid that's not possible; Windows keeps deleted files in a Recycle
> Bin
> directory on the same disk, because 'deleting' a file by copying it to
> another
> drive would be extremely slow and inconvenient. The Bin can be turned off
> on
> a per-drive basis though.
>
> Regards,
> Ben A L Jemmett.
> (http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ben.jemmett/, http://www.deltasoft.com/)
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